Kitchen & Bath: Custom Kitchen Design - Gathering the Facts

When designing a custom kitchen, it
can sometimes be difficult to get clients
to verbalize their wants and needs. To
help with this process I use a handy
tool — the "Kitchen Planning
Questionnaire" (below). It helps me
capture my clients' ideas so that I can
turn them into a viable plan.
One of the most important things
you need to know before you begin to
design the project is the budget, or as
one of my clients described it, their
"affordability target." This is the
amount of money they can pay to
accomplish the entire job. If you design
a kitchen with no regard for this cost
limit, you may end up with a beautiful
project,